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SHELL? RUNNING ANOTHER APPLICATION!

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!! I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BUTTON THAT RUNS A
FILE IN A DIFFERENT DIR BUT ON THE SAME CD OR HARDDRIVE?  I HAVE VERY
LITTLE EXPERINCE!
THE NAME OF THE FILE I AM TRYING TO RUN IS \DAN\SETUP.EXE
CAN ANYONE WALKME THROUGH THIS?  THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

 

Re:SHELL? RUNNING ANOTHER APPLICATION!


Hi Daniel,

Look on the SuperPage for an Execute Control,
Know it's there, Don't Know How it's called.

With that control you should be able to do what you want without much
efford.
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> CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!! I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BUTTON THAT RUNS A
> FILE IN A DIFFERENT DIR BUT ON THE SAME CD OR HARDDRIVE?  I HAVE VERY
> LITTLE EXPERINCE!
> THE NAME OF THE FILE I AM TRYING TO RUN IS \DAN\SETUP.EXE
> CAN ANYONE WALKME THROUGH THIS?  THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

Re:SHELL? RUNNING ANOTHER APPLICATION!


Hi Sanne,

You can use this to do that.

WinExec('Path\filename',SW_ShowNormal);

(It only matters that the path and filename are valid.)

Then put that code in your onclick event.

Mike

 > CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!! I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BUTTON THAT RUNS A

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> > FILE IN A DIFFERENT DIR BUT ON THE SAME CD OR HARDDRIVE?  I HAVE VERY
> > LITTLE EXPERINCE!
> > THE NAME OF THE FILE I AM TRYING TO RUN IS \DAN\SETUP.EXE
> > CAN ANYONE WALKME THROUGH THIS?  THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!

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